Rocket League KSU Purple remained on top of the open ladder the whole season, and going into the final week, they were ranked 3rd in the country. Their final two games were both losses, against 5th-ranked Washington University, and a rematch against Ohio State University, who ended up winning the open ladder. KSU Purple ended their season in 8th place. KSU White is a team that we have not given enough attention to this semester. The team, comprised of Brandon…
Welcome to the second weekly eSports report, where we will be giving updates on our competitive teams based on their performances throughout the week(s). This report will contain the last three weeks’ worth of games, and we’ll begin with Rocket League. Rocket League On week 3, KSU Powercat went 2-0 against Illinois State Red 3-2, and Austin Community College 3-1, and followed up in week 4 with another 2 wins, this time against the University of Maryland Red 1 and…
Welcome to the first weekly eSports report, where we will be giving updates on our competitive teams based on their performances throughout the week. Since this is the first report of the season, and some of our teams started a few weeks ago, we will have more to fill you in on. We will start with our group of Rocket League teams. Rocket League The Collegiate Rocket League started with 2 open qualifiers for each region (North, South, East, and…
Registration for the 2017 Overwatch Summer Series has officially begun! With this announcement comes the opportunity to start building our team for the 2017-2018 eSports season. Like last year, we are looking to take a group of dedicated and determined players, and achieve greatness. Our goal this year is to win scholarship money in the Tespa Collegiate Series in the fall, and to do this we must first create a solid foundation to build a team on. This process starts with…
We would firstly like to thank everyone who participated in our various tournaments. Without you guys and your enthusiasm for video games and esports, none of this would be possible. We hope that you had a great time and that you join us for future events. If you missed it, here is a quick rundown for you. Our day started off a little rough, since we couldn’t log into one of the labs we had reserved, which at first…
Announcing the February Fun Tournament! The free to enter tournament will be held on Saturday, February 18th, in Durland Expansion room 1116, and will feature League of Legends, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Smash 4, Rocket League, and CS:GO. All players will register solo and teams (for the team based games) will be created based on players ranks in the respective game. The goal is to create the most balanced teams possible in order to give everyone an equal chance…
I would like to start by thanking everyone for the great turnout we had for tryouts. It’s great to see so much interest in K-State Overwatch and we are excited to foster this community. If you have any questions or concerns with the results of the tryouts, do not hesitate to contact Trevor at tschul01@ksu.edu. This could include not being placed on a team with friends or being placed in a role that you do not feel comfortable playing. At…
Sorry that this message is getting out later than we had initially intended, but better late than never. This is just a general news update, with information on tryouts and our first tournament. I would like to remind everyone that we are still holding meetings every Wednesday and Friday at 7 p.m. in Durland Expansion room 1116 for all of the games that we play. For those of you interested in Super Smash Brothers, they meet every Friday at 7:30…